Specialist Cardiac Physiologist

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wrenthorpe; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a Specialist Cardiac Physiologist to join the Echocardiography team delivering adult TTE, Stress Echo and related investigations across four sites. The role emphasizes developing practical expertise and contributing to service development within a supportive team.

You will participate in audits and maintain high standards of patient care, with opportunities for professional development and involvement in new service initiatives and valve clinic

Qualifications

• Proven competency in Adult Echocardiography.
• Preferably working towards BSE accreditation.
• Experience with a range of cardio-respiratory investigations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe working environment.
• Act as a source of expertise within the designated area.
• Undertake clinical procedures and provide accurate reports.

Skills

Adult Echocardiography

Clinical assessment

Audits

Education

BSE accreditation (preferred)

Tools

Echocardiography equipment

Job description

The Mid-Yorkshire Teaching NHS trust is delighted to announce an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Cardiac Physiologist to join our friendly, supportive, and driven team. Our busy cardiac service enjoys a strong reputation for commitment to the very highest standards of care, covering a wide range of invasive and non-invasive investigations. The Echocardiography team provides a service for patients across our 4 sites (Dewsbury, Pinderfields, Pontefract and the Community Diagnostic Hub). The team delivers adult TTE, Stress Echo (ESE, DSE, bicycle ergometer), Contrast and Bubble echo, TOEs and is currently working to towards the implementation of Physiologist led; Valve clinic and Stress Echo service. The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, motivated and committed to developing their practical expertise and knowledge. Continuous professional development is a cornerstone of the team, where you will be encouraged and supported to achieve your full potential. In addition to your professional development, you will participate in regular audits and provide valuable insights to contribute towards service development.,

• Acts in accordance with the Professional Code of Conduct
• Maintains a safe working environment
• Works as a specialist practitioner within established Trust and departmental policies
• Act as a source of expertise within their designated area
• Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required and performs a broad range of highly specialist and complex investigations providing accurate factual reports following analysis and interpretation of physiological data
• Routinely undertakes assessment of both in-patients and out-patients prior to a range of cardio-respiratory investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation
• Supervises and assesses the work of others within the designated team
• Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g. NICE, NSF
  You will have proven competency in Adult Echocardiography and will preferably hold or be working towards BSE accreditation.
  We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance,employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.